Visual Rhetoric in the Works of the Pearl-Poet II: Looking Closer
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Pearl-Poet Society
Organizer Name
B. S. W. Barootes
Organizer Affiliation
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Presider Name
Julie Nelson Couch
Presider Affiliation
Texas Tech Univ.
Paper Title 1
Spaces for Seeing: Sight as a Function of Moral Space in the Works of the Pearl-Poet
Presenter 1 Name
Andrew Roos Bell
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Connecticut
Paper Title 2
Inside the Whale and Outside the Ark: Reconsidering Enclosure in Patience and Cleanness
Presenter 2 Name
David K. Coley
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Simon Fraser Univ.
Paper Title 3
Visual Rhetoric and Argumentation in Pearl
Presenter 3 Name
Denise A. Stodola
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Kettering Univ.
Paper Title 4
Of schyr goulez: Red as Complement to Green in Gawain and the Green Knight
Presenter 4 Name
Witt Womack
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Univ. of Leeds
Start Date
11-5-2019 3:30 PM
Session Location
Valley 2 Harvey 204
Description
From the description of shining, jewelled New Jerusalem to the blazons of Sir Gawain and the Pearl-maiden to the Pearl-dreamer’s inability to ‘see’ clearly, the Gawain-poet reveals himself to be a writer who depends on visual metaphors, imagery, and motifs. Seeking to renovate earlier work by Sarah Stanbury (1991, 2007), Maidie Hilmo (2001), and Tony Davenport (2008), this session will explore the ways that the poet deploys motifs of sight and seeing to shape the meaning of his texts. Benjamin Barootes
Visual Rhetoric in the Works of the Pearl-Poet II: Looking Closer
Valley 2 Harvey 204
From the description of shining, jewelled New Jerusalem to the blazons of Sir Gawain and the Pearl-maiden to the Pearl-dreamer’s inability to ‘see’ clearly, the Gawain-poet reveals himself to be a writer who depends on visual metaphors, imagery, and motifs. Seeking to renovate earlier work by Sarah Stanbury (1991, 2007), Maidie Hilmo (2001), and Tony Davenport (2008), this session will explore the ways that the poet deploys motifs of sight and seeing to shape the meaning of his texts. Benjamin Barootes